Collisionless Shocks: Contemporary State After Three Quarters of a Century of Research
Abstract The collisionless shock research started in the late 1950s. Since then, plenty of data have been accumulated due to the large number of missions in the heliosphere, providing in situ measurements of the fields and particles. The quality of these measurements has vastly improved, especially in the last two decades.
M. Gedalin +2 more
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Major Space Weather Risks Identified via Coupled Physics‐Engineering‐Economic Modeling
Abstract Space weather poses an important but under‐quantified threat to society. While severe geomagnetic storms are recognized as potential global catastrophes, their socio‐economic impacts remain poorly quantified. We present a novel physics‐engineering‐economic framework that links geophysical drivers to power grid geoelectric fields, transformer ...
Edward J. Oughton +7 more
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Extreme Radiation Belt Dropout During the May 2024 Superstorm
Abstract The geomagnetic superstorm in May 2024 represents the most extreme space weather event over the past two decades, offering a unique opportunity to investigate radiation belt electron dynamics under exceptionally strong solar wind driving conditions. Observations from the Arase satellite show that relativistic electron fluxes dropped by several
Xingzhi Lyu +23 more
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Can Solar Cyclic Variability Mimic Extreme Solar Particle (Miyake) Events in Radiocarbon?
Abstract Rapid, strong enhancements in Δ14 ${{\Delta }}^{14}$C in the Earth's atmosphere, known as Miyake events, rarely occurred over the past millennia, pointing to major radiation storms affecting Earth. They are produced by extreme solar particle events (ESPEs) and are separated by an order‐of‐magnitude gap in the strength from directly observed ...
Ilya Usoskin +2 more
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Earthward Transport of Lunar Metallic Ions: Implications of Heavy Ions in the Magnetosphere
Abstract Low‐charge‐state heavy ions in Earth's magnetosphere were thought to originate from the ionosphere. However, Observations from the Geotail mission have detected the presence of singly charged metallic ions, such as Fe+ ${\mathrm{F}\mathrm{e}}^{+}$, whose abundances vary depending on the Moon's location, alongside their density ratios to O ...
Mei‐Yun Lin, Andrew R. Poppe
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Cluster observations of the midaltitude cusp under strong northward interplanetary magnetic field [PDF]
We report on a multispacecraft cusp observation lasting more than 100 min. We determine the cusp boundary motion and reveal the effect on the cusp size of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) changing from southward to northward.
Reme, Henri +17 more
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Abstract Mercury's weak intrinsic magnetic field forms a small magnetosphere and thus a bow shock that decelerates the supermagnetosonic solar wind and reflects particles upstream, forming a foreshock in the quasi‐parallel region. This region is populated by backstreaming ions and electrons and associated wave activity.
Kristin Pump +6 more
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Particle acceleration by fluctuating electric fields at a magnetic field null point [PDF]
Particle acceleration consequences from fluctuating electric ields superposed on an X-type magnetic field in collisionless solar plasma are studied.
P. Petkaki +3 more
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Rapid Magnetotail Reconfiguration and Ion‐Scale Wave Activity at Mercury
Abstract Mercury's magnetosphere is an extremely dynamic environment, where substorm‐like activity, including dipolarization fronts and particle acceleration, periodically disrupts the stability and radial extent of the closed field line region. The common narrowband ∼1 Hz waves at Mercury, near the local proton gyrofrequency are preferentially ...
M. Persson +7 more
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Neural Network Imputation of the Pitch‐Angle‐Resolved Medium‐Energy Electron Flux Data in LEO
Abstract Pitch‐angle‐resolved electron flux data are crucial for investigating variations in electron flux within the magnetosphere and the underlying mechanisms, such as radial diffusion and wave‐particle interactions. The Medium‐Energy Electron Detector (MEED) onboard the Fengyun‐3E (FY‐3E) satellite in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) provides 18‐directional ...
Jia‐Li Chen +4 more
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